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Hiking Around the island Cabo Rojo

Caminata Faro Los Morillos - Playa Sucia

A mapped hiking route near Cabo Rojo.

ModerateCommunity-mapped

About 178 ft of climb in 2.1 mi, with rock.

  • 2.1 mi each way3.4 km, measured along the mapped route
  • 1 h 50 min to 2 h 45 minRound trip, at an easy pace with stops
  • 178 ftOf climb; the highest point is 94 ft
  • Rock, DirtUnderfoot
  • TrailheadThe parking area at the end of the route, near Cabo Rojo
  • ParkingA mapped parking area at the trailhead

Route from OpenStreetMap's volunteer mappers; nobody posts its conditions, so ask locally before you go.

Directions to the trailheadDirections to the parking

Highlights

  • Faro Los MorillosAt the end, 2.1 mi inA lighthouse

Where it goes

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Distance2.1 miElevation1–94 ftClimb+178 ft

Trailhead, 2 ft2.1 mi, 5 ft

  • Easy
  • Moderate
  • Hard
  • Closed

Up and down

  • Climb178 ftgoing out
  • Descent174 ftgoing out, so you climb it on the way back
  • Lowest1 ftabove sea level
  • Highest94 ftabove sea level

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What to bring

  • Water
  • Shoes with grip
  • A charged phone

What you'll see

  • Views

Parking

  • A mapped parking area at the trailhead

Along the way

Los Morrillos lighthouse in Cabo Rojo at sunset
Los Morrillos lighthouse in Cabo Rojo at sunset.Edgar Torres, CC BY 3.0
A Puerto Rican emerald hummingbird near Los Morrillos
A Puerto Rican emerald hummingbird near Los Morrillos.Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0

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